Omar Hassan al-Bashir

Chronology of Coverage

Dec. 26, 2014

United Nations announces plans to further cut down on number of peacekeeping forces in Darfur, Sudan, despite renewed violence that has driven 457,000 people from their homes in 2014 alone; statement comes in wake of International Criminal Court's suspension of genocide case against Sudan Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir; two announcements show how international attention to crisis in Darfur has been overshadowed by other, newer crises elsewhere. MORE

Sep. 26, 2013

United Nations says Sudan's Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on genocide charges, has canceled his visit to the General Assembly, amid protests in Sudan’s capital. MORE

Sep. 19, 2013

Sudan's Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted for years by International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and other crimes in the Darfur conflict, sets off growing storm of anger with his plan to attend United Nations General Assembly; has submitted visa request to United States to attend. MORE

Sep. 4, 2013

Sudanese Pres Omar al-Bashir says, after meeting with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, that oil from South Sudan will continue to flow through his country’s pipelines to South Sudan; Bashir had ordered pipelines closed and accused South Sudan of supporting rebel movements in Sudan. MORE

Jul. 17, 2013

Sudan's Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir appears briefly at African Union summit meeting in Nigeria but vanishes after human rights groups file lawsuit calling for his immediate detention on international arrest warrant for charges of genocide; International Criminal Court in Hague issued warrant for his arrest in 2009. MORE

Apr. 13, 2013

Sudan's Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir visits South Sudan for first time since the South broke away from Sudan in 2011; South Sudan Pres Salva Kiir says the two leaders have agreed to resume trade across their border. MORE

Jan. 2, 2013

Jun. 9, 2012

Malawi announces that it will not host African Union summit meeting scheduled for July 6 because the bloc insists on inviting Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who faces international war crimes charges. MORE

May. 5, 2012

Op-Ed article by author Gerard Prunier asserts that an all-out civil war in Sudan may be the best way to permanently oust president Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his brutal, corrupt government. MORE

Apr. 19, 2012

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan vows to 'liberate' South Sudan from its governing party, a sharp escalation of rhetoric after fierce border clashes. MORE

Feb. 23, 2012

Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column scores lack of public attention granted to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir is systematically starving, raping and even bombing his own citizens in hopes of crushing a rebel movement; describes his experience waiting out a bombing raid in the Nuba Mountains alongside starving Sudanese. MORE

Nov. 29, 2011

Kenyan court orders the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, should he ever return to Kenya. MORE